Angella (Ange) Gibbons, M.Ed. is a seasoned Nature Educator, Community-Builder, Consultant, Tracker, Naturalist and the founder of EarthWalk (est. 2005). Ange has been guiding and mentoring children, teens and adults to care for one another and the earth for over 35 years. Recipient of the 2021 Meeri Zetterstrom Environmental Award given by Green Mountain Power, Ange is well-known across the state for her contributions to nature education and environmental stewardship. Ange and EarthWalk are featured in the book Greening Vermont: A Search for a Sustainable State, which documents the history of the Vermont Environmental Movement.

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For more than 15 years, from the Plainfield location adjacent to Goddard College, Ange was leading EarthWalk Vermont (501c3 non-profit); offering transformative education programs, annually serving over 300 families in Central Vermont. A few short months after Ange stepped aside as EarthWalk's leader, the pandemic shut down programs, and EarthWalk Vermont, a beloved community organization, could not re-bound, and eventually closed.

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Since that time, Ange has continued EarthWalk’s vision! She collaborates with local families, libraries and schools, offering nature-rooted, community programming. In January 2024, Ange formalized her work, and started another business----called EarthWalk! This time, she formed EarthWalk, as an L3C (low-profit liability corporation) where she has been manifesting EarthWalk's renewal! Also in 2024, Ange was invited by the Fairbanks Museum (of Natural History, est. 1889) to offer EarthWalk programming in Danville, Vermont on a 500 acre Nature Preserve, where she is happiest, teaching in the woods---once again!

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Ange is certified, in Wilderness First Aid and CPR, and, holds a Level 3 Track & Sign Certificate with Cybertracker Conservation. She also has certificates in both the Herbal Roots Apprenticeship and Family Herbalist program, from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism. Ange lives with her husband Dennis, in a small sun-powered home on a hill in Marshfield, VT where they tend vegetable and herb gardens; chickens and bees, and grow and eat really nourishing food.